The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-02-03
GREAT BATTLE PICTURE.
Some Observations on the Beauties aud Realisnhs
Of the Gettysburg Spectacular Panorama.

Some Observations on tho Beauties aud Realisns
OF the Gettysburg Spectacular Panorama.
st. Paul Dispatch: Although hundreds OF
citizens OF st Pual and strangers visit the
great Gettysburg panorama at the corner
OF Sixth and st. Peter streets every day,
there arc thousands more who have not
yet realized the splendid attractions OF
this matchless spectacular exhibition.
They pass it by as an unexciting sort OF
show-good, but not exhilarating, On the
contrary there is no theater in all the
country where SO exciting tragedy holds
the boards.
On the wonderful canvas OF the Gettys.
burg picture is portrayed one OF the realities
ofhistory. What are sham griefs and
mock tears compared to the reality OF that
fierce onslaught which fixed the nations
destiny, turned the babbling brooks to
blood, and planted the crimson flower OF
death broadcast along its wooded hills!
Tho griefs OF the footlight world are soon
forgotten, hut the griefs that sprang to
life from Gettysburg field shall never find
assuagement within thousands OF stricken
hearts until the peace OF eternal years en-.
folds them.
The picture represents the decisive ac-
ton OF July 3, 1863. 1t was painted by
artists who thoroughly posted themselves
as to the location OF troops, the landscape
and other details OF the fight as it actual
" took place. BY such care they were en-
abled to reproduce the maneuvers OF that
dreadful day, so, that looking upon the
work, we can not realize that We are gazing
only upon mechanical effects The area OF
the picture is 10000 square feet. The
wonderful blending OF effects in the fore
ground so deceives the eye that one can
not separate the real from the unreal.
Entering the unique building in which
the painting is on exhibition, through a
dark passage, you grope your way, until
you suddenly into new region. You have
LETT the streets of st. Paul behind you
and penetrated one OF Pennsylvania Is
loveliest valleys. About you lie wooded
hills that belt with living green stretch OF
fields and meadows. An old rail fence zig.
Gags across the foreground. The illusion
is perfect as your eve takes in the swarm
ing blue-coats and the upspringing uni.
forms OF grey confronting them.
Taking your standpoint at the exact
center OF the scene OF action, you soon lose
sweep OF events about you. The horses
actually seem to be alive; their wild eyes
full of splendid courage and dauntless de-
sire. Rosa BOnheur never painted a better
scene OF animal life in action. Every
muscle stands out like whip-cords. Under
copse to the south OF 81 central stand.
point the never. to- be-forgotten charge Of
General Pickett and his desperate men is
in progress-a charge which proved the
| do tor ,,,rfy # fhn Noh frn
which it slowly ebbed to it's close You
can almost hear the sharp whistle OF bull
let's and the asing roar OF batteries, as
the carnage is at its height. From the
pale lips OF wounded men you seem to
catch the pitiful cry OF their agony; and
the last shudder which convulsed the
features OF the dead, seems yet to haunt
the air.
All about you look where you will, brave
boys are falling thick rs leaves In an au.
tumn storm, Up from the meadows u re-
Enforcement of gray coats, 1900 strong
is trampiing the poisoning grasses under
foot Each man is as thoroughly in ear
nest as men are sure to be- when some ia.
tai moment unlooses the bulldog passions
in their souls. Their front is like the crest
of an angry sea. Take your glass and look
closely at this magnificent charge. Under
the strongest glass, the most distant hu-
man figures mot larger than cockroaches
on the actual canyas) stand out clear, dis.
tinct, artistic and lie sized, thus vastly
enlarging the scope OF vision.
Through the very thickest OF the battle a
magnificent horse is flying, riderless. His
gallant master lies somewhere in the red
storm OF death, but he, with head erect
and strained blood shot eye, is seeking
safety, he knows not where. Away from
the tangle OF white faces, and pale. out
stretched hands; away from the scream of
bursting shells; away from the wars tur-
ed horse, they tell us, found his way at
! last to safety and an honored old age. The
event was an actual occurrence OF that day
of horror.
Perhaps the feature which appeals most
strongly to the local beholders is the vivid
portrayal OF the historic charge OF the gal
liant old First Minnesota" regiment.
This regiment is truthfully and graphical
ly portrayed rushing heorically to the
flaming front, under the leadership OF the
brave Col. Colvill, who was desperately
wounded in this battle, and yet survives,
MANNED and disfgured, an honored citi-
zen OF Red Wing. The colonel and n large
number OF the men of the old First" are
painted from photographs, and the like
nesses are readily recognized. The bat
tie flag OF the Twenty ighth Virginia regi-
ment. which led the charge OF pickle g
division, and is correctly painted in it's
place in the picture, lies in the fore.
ground. 1t was captured by Marshall
shermpn, of St. Paul, member OF the
First Minnesota, and by him loaned to the
panorama company
The canvas presents ioS us but one mo-
ment-an eternal moment!-of the struggle
that waged SO fiercely for three long sum-
mer days. But it strikes that one moment
80 sharpely, it holds it forth so grandly,
and imG,ortalizes it so completely that, to
see the picture 10 to the thoughtful soul a
full revelation OF o direful yet glorious
epoch of history. Never imagine for a sim
Gle moment that the Gettysburg piano.
rama viii bore you, or that it ranks with
the ordinary panoramic visit to tame
lands and scriptural places. This wonder
full painting is as unlike the average piano.
rama as spice differs from marble dust, or
champagne from tepia tea.
Washington Post: The whole State OF
Minnesota has enjoyed marvellous growth,
having grown more than so per cent since
1880, and the assessment OF real estate
having increased more than so Der cent.
This indicates that the population OF
Minnesota viii be nearly 100000 in
1890, and OF this number st. Paul and
Minneapolis will contain more than 1000,
900 people! I he immigrants OF tbs Worth
Star state are largely the indutrious,
thrifty, patient, obedient Scandinavians
At the second storming OF the St Paul
Ice Palace on the 9th there were 20, 900
people in the grounds, while more than
100000 viewed the scene at a distance.
St. Paul never held so many people before.
The president vetoed the bill granting d
pension to Benjamin Obediah. He says:
The bill directs that the beneficiary be
placed upon the pension rolls subject to
the provisions and limitations OF the pen
sion laws. In July. 1886. the person nam
ed in this bill was placed upon the pension
roll at a rate determined upon by the pen
sion bureau, pursuant to the provisions OF
the pension laws, and it is entirely certain
that the apncia1 n ct now prpaantpd To fna